Speakman v. Allmerica Financial Life Ins. & Annuity Co.

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• explaining that “inherent in such claims is an element of either bad faith and improper motive or a breach of fair dealing . . . that clearly falls within established common law . . . concept[s] of unfairness” (alteration in original
• “[C]ourts have held that claims of violation of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing are not simple breach of contract claims for purposes of Chapter 93A.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).